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AIR ARMENIA TO LAUNCH PASSENGER FLIGHTS TO RUSSIA IN AUGUST 2013
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Tuesday, July 30, 18:49
In August 2013 Air Armenia CJSC will make its first regular
Yerevan-Moscow-Yerevan passenger flight, Air Armenia CEO Arsen
Avetisyan told ArmInfo.
According to him, three weeks ago the General Department of Civil
Aviation of Armenia provided Air Armenia with a one-year license to
make flights to Moscow, Sochi, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar and
St.Petersburg. Two A-320 planes will operate. The first plane will
arrive in the republic in mid August, and the second one - in late
September. Avetisyan pointed out that the company was founded in 2003
and was engaged in cargo air carriages. "The first cargo flight was
on 18 Aug 2003. Therefore, we want to make our first passenger flight
on 18 Aug 2013", he said.
He added that both passenger planes have been leased. Investments
in their lease amounted to 3.2 mln USD. If the company succeeds in
passenger flights, it will buy aircrafts and expand the geography
of its flights, specifically, to Europe and Asia. He pointed out
that in mid September 2013 the General Department of Civil Aviation
of Armenia will announce tenders for Armenian air carriers and Air
Armenia will participate in the tender by all means. "If we win the
tender and receive a license for 5 years, we will plan the company's
development for the long-term outlook", he said.
At the moment the company has 110 employees. With the launch of the
flights, the number of employees will increase to 135 people, he said.
To note, Air Armenia CJSC was founded in April 2003 by Vahan
Harutyunyan and Ruzanna Tovmasyan. The authorized capital of the
company is $501,000.
Air Armenia will actually become the first national air carrier after
suspension of Armavia's flights on 1 April 2013.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=418174A0-F927-11E2-94D30EB7C0D21663
Tuesday, July 30, 18:49
In August 2013 Air Armenia CJSC will make its first regular
Yerevan-Moscow-Yerevan passenger flight, Air Armenia CEO Arsen
Avetisyan told ArmInfo.
According to him, three weeks ago the General Department of Civil
Aviation of Armenia provided Air Armenia with a one-year license to
make flights to Moscow, Sochi, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar and
St.Petersburg. Two A-320 planes will operate. The first plane will
arrive in the republic in mid August, and the second one - in late
September. Avetisyan pointed out that the company was founded in 2003
and was engaged in cargo air carriages. "The first cargo flight was
on 18 Aug 2003. Therefore, we want to make our first passenger flight
on 18 Aug 2013", he said.
He added that both passenger planes have been leased. Investments
in their lease amounted to 3.2 mln USD. If the company succeeds in
passenger flights, it will buy aircrafts and expand the geography
of its flights, specifically, to Europe and Asia. He pointed out
that in mid September 2013 the General Department of Civil Aviation
of Armenia will announce tenders for Armenian air carriers and Air
Armenia will participate in the tender by all means. "If we win the
tender and receive a license for 5 years, we will plan the company's
development for the long-term outlook", he said.
At the moment the company has 110 employees. With the launch of the
flights, the number of employees will increase to 135 people, he said.
To note, Air Armenia CJSC was founded in April 2003 by Vahan
Harutyunyan and Ruzanna Tovmasyan. The authorized capital of the
company is $501,000.
Air Armenia will actually become the first national air carrier after
suspension of Armavia's flights on 1 April 2013.